New Jersey Statutes 40A:14-81.2. Qualifications for appointment to paid position
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 40A:14-81.2
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
a. Is a citizen of the United States;
b. Is eligible for acceptance in the Public Employees’ Retirement System of New Jersey or in the Police and Firemen’s Retirement System of New Jersey;
c. Is able to read, write and speak the English language well and intelligently;
d. Is of good moral character;
e. Has not been convicted of any criminal offense involving moral turpitude.
For the purposes of this section, each applicant shall submit to the appointing body of the fire district the applicant’s name, address, fingerprints and written consent for a criminal history record background check to be performed. The appointing body of the fire district is authorized to exchange fingerprint data with and receive criminal history record information from the State Bureau of Identification in the Division of State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation consistent with applicable State and federal law, rules and regulations. The applicant shall bear the cost of the criminal history record background check, including all costs of administering and processing the check. The Division of State Police shall promptly notify the appointing body of the fire district in the event a current employee or prospective applicant who was the subject of a criminal history record background check pursuant to this section is arrested for a crime or offense in this State after the date the background check was performed. The appointing body, officer or officers of the fire district, when authorized to do so, may employ such officers and other personnel for the paid or part-paid fire department and force as temporary employees in emergencies or for a specified part of the year, as needed.
L.1979, c.453, s.2; amended 2009, c.18, s.1.